Fairfield church says woman stole money from Sunday's offerings

Farfield police investigating

A Fairfield church is asking for help finding a woman who church officials say stole more than $2,000 from them yesterday.The pastor at Fairfield United Methodist Church said a woman came in asking for help.The person she asked went outside to get a cell phone to call the pastor, who was not at the church at the time.That's when they said the woman stole from a deposit bag on the desk, which had all of the church's Sunday offerings inside, and ran out.Pastor Judy Gould said, "It was very much I think a crime of convenience. Because people will ordinarily come to a church for help, they'll ask for gas money or something like that and she just saw an opportunity and took it."Fairfield police are investigating.The witness says the woman got into a dark dodge SUV or van with the license plate starting with the numbers "1 2".